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Benjy Sarlin

Senior Editor, Politics, Policy, and Ideas

Benjy Sarlin is a senior editor for politics, policy, and ideas at Vox. He was previously an editor at the Washington Post Opinion section, the Washington Bureau Chief at Semafor, and spent nearly a decade at NBC News as a reporter and editor covering Congress, presidential elections, and policy. He was born and raised in New York City.

Latest articles by Benjy Sarlin

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Violence keeps stalking American politics.

By Benjy Sarlin
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The media-obsessed president’s first White House Correspondents’ Dinner is going to flop. It’s not because of the crowd.

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The accusations that forced out the frontrunner in California’s governor race — and could push him from Congress next.

By Benjy Sarlin